Cactaceae
Cephalocereus polylophus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cephalocereus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 大凤龙
- Persian
- ساگوارو طلایی
Synonyms
- Carnegiea polylopha (DC.) D.R.Hunt
- Carnegiea polylopha (DC.) P.V.Heath
- Cereus angulosus Stieber ex K.Schum.
- Cereus nickelsii Gürke
- Cereus polylophus DC.
- Neobuxbaumia polylopha (DC.) Backeb.
- Pilocereus polylophus (DC.) Salm-Dyck
Photos

Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: María Eugenia Mendiola González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: María Eugenia Mendiola González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Antonio Aranda Pineda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.